I won't Betray You
Chapter 2: Study Group
Tap, Tap, Tap. It was the sound of Kaname heading down a hidden stairwell to his family's secret library. A few minutes ago, he arrived at his parent's remote home to retrieve his unfinished research. An unexpected event occurred recently, something he hadn't plan for.
His sister's best friend, Sayori Wakaba, had been turned into a vampire a few weeks ago.
There were so many unknowns in this case, except the fact her creator didn't want his identity to be exposed. However, he had a hunch that Sayori had become an unwitting pawn in some game of chess. But why? All of it just bothered him.
"Ah! Here's what I am looking for." Kaname thought. He came across a row of books on a tiny shelf; it was his research journals. Although, journals was an understatement, as each one was the size of a dictionary. Kaname grabbed the books and put them in large case then proceeded to head up stairs. Once he reached the top, his mother greeted him.
"Did you find what you were looking for, dear?" his mother asked.
"Yes. Hopefully everything will work out once I completed what I started a long time ago." Kaname replied. His research started thousands of years before he went into a long slumber. With the sudden turn of events, he felt it was time to complete it. It was the only theoretical way for saving Sayori from fate.
"Anyway, I shall be heading back to the academy soon" Kaname said, "but before I do, are you familiar with Yuki's best friend Sayori Wakaba?"
"Well, I do remember Yuki talking about her in the letters she sent a few years back, but I never met her personally. Why you ask?" Juri said with a hint curiosity. The question felt strange, like if he was trying to tell her something.
"A few weeks ago, Miss Wakaba was attacked and turned by an unknown pureblood." Kaname answered. He could see the shock in her eyes.
"Oh that poor girl, dragged into our world of blood" Juri said. She knew the girl was the first human friend her daughter had. It must have been terrible for Yuki to find out someone stole her friend's humanity.
"I mention this because I wanted to ask if you would treat her in a motherly way" Kaname said.
"Oh, did something happen to her mother?" Juri asked.
"No, her biological mother is still alive, but she's ignorant to the existence of our kind. She's also slow to change and I don't know how the truth would affect their relationship" Kaname replied. That's the one thing Kaname was able to get from Sayori when he peered into her mind. From what he could tell, her parents were both ignorant of the existence of vampires. To some degree, this was a bit odd since her father was a councilor to the Prime Minister of Japan. He was an insider who should know that vampires are real. Furthermore, Mr. Wakaba was business partners with Nagamichi Aido. Maybe someone had erased Mr. Wakaba's mind...
"I see, so you want me to give emotional support to the new vampire, correct?" Juri asked.
"That's right, mother." Kaname simply replied. Juri gave him a simple nod.
"So I guess you will be heading back to the academy now, right?" Juri said.
"Yes. It was good seeing you again, mother. Have a good night." Kaname said with a slight smile.
"Same to you, dear. Goodnight." Juri replied. Kaname picked up the case headed back to the limo. Once the limo was on the move again, he noticed the sky was getting brighter. The day was coming soon.
While Kaname was away, the Night Class was going through another uneventful night. Well, mostly uneventful to the say the least. The economics teacher had broken up the Night Class into study groups of three. One of the groups had the following members: Hanabusa Aido, Sayori Wakaba, and Ruka Souen. Between Hanabusa and Sayori, there was an aura of neutrality to slight competitiveness. Both of them answered majority of the questions asked by the teachers and occasionally corrected each other when they got a problem partially wrong. It was still a few weeks out before the first midterms begun, but it was clear that Hanabusa and Sayori were both the brightest minds in their class.
This was a fact that angered Ruka. How can this former human rival the mind of a vampire genius? By nature, born vampires were supposedly brighter than the average human and ex-human, but Sayori was different. Sayori was born a human genius, becoming a vampire pushed her intellect through the roof. It was an advantage the ex-human had over the tall, coffee eyed noble. It was pure humiliation.
"Hey Sayori, you're familiar with Adam Smith's work, right?" Hanabusa asked. The group was in the library doing research for group project in the Macroeconomics class. In two weeks, they had to teach the class about the complex ideas of historical economists.
"Yes, I read both Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations when I was 9 years old." Sayori replied.
"Who's Adam Smith?" Ruka asked. Economics wasn't really her forte.
"He was a Scottish philosopher who founded modern economic thought" Hanabusa answered "although I thought you were taught that when we were little kids, Ruka." Ruka took a little offense to Hanabusa's statement.
"No, I wasn't. I was allowed to study basic music theory when we were kids, something that suited my interests." Ruka replied with a bit of scoff. Unlike her cousin, she was given more freedom to pursue her hobbies, including music. Hanabusa, however, was being groomed to take over the family business.
"You sound a bit flustered, did I get under your skin?" Hanabusa replied. He noticed the scoff she gave in her response.
"I really don't think this is the time for childish banter." Sayori interrupted.
"What right do you have to talk with such disrespect?!" Ruka snarled.
"You know, Adam Smith said that everyone has the desire to be loved and lovely. You definitely aren't lovely" Sayori snarked. Ruka was fuming with anger. She wanted to strangle the girl, but she couldn't without dire consequences. Suddenly, the group heard a voice near the library door.
"Guys, Lady Yuki would like everyone to meet up in the lounge room" Kain said. Kain managed to break the tension in the air as the three vampires slowly got up their seat and headed downstairs to the lounge room.
Once in the lounge room, the Night Class sat on the couches waiting for their princess to speak.
"I invited you guys to discuss an upcoming soiree that will be held here in a few months" Yuki began.
"A soiree? Here? Did the Headmaster approve of this?" Kain asked. Normally, soirees where held at a private household of one of the noble families. Holding one at a school seemed a little odd.
"Yes, I got of his approval. It's going to be around the time when cherry trees bloom" Yuki replied with a with smile.
"I see. Whom shall we expect to be there?" Hanabusa asked.
"Well, most of the noble families will be there. Depending on the circumstances, a few purebloods loyal to us will be also be there as well." Yuki answered.
"Um, what is a soiree?" Sayori asked. Not particularly familiar with French vocabulary, the girl felt a bit out of the loop.
"It's an evening formal party. It's a very common practice in vampire culture." said Hanabusa.
"Oh, so like a ball" the hazel eyed vampire replied. For next few hours, the group discuss further details about how the soiree will be organized and orchestrated. For Sayori, she never knew how much planning goes into these types of events until now.
"Well, it seems like it's almost time for the transition from night to day" Takuma observed. It was almost time for the Night Class to return to their dorms.
"It does some seem to be the case" Senri replied with a slight yawn "not to be rude Lady Yuki, but I think I shall retire for the night."
"That's fine. I think we should begin to head back now." Yuki replied. The rest of the vampires nodded and slowly left the room.
"Oh Yori! Will you stay here for a bit longer?" Yuki asked her friend. Sayori turned around to face her and smiled.
"Sure thing, Yuki" Sayori replied. After the remaining vampires left, the pureblood and former human were left alone.
"Yori, there's something I want to tell you" Yuki said.
"Yes?" Sayori asked.
"Whenever you're truly hungry for blood, you may drink from me" Yuki told. Sayori eyes widened, lost on how to respond to her friend.
"But I -" Sayori managed to say before Yuki put a finger to her lips.
"I understand you're still uncomfortable with the idea of drinking blood, especially from those you care about" Yuki interrupted, "but it will be the best for you." Sayori remained silent, looking down to the floor then back to her friend.
"... And it looks like your already hungry, Yori" Yuki said. This caught the chestnut haired girl off guard, as she didn't feel her bloodlust until it was pointed out. She heard the blood flowing through Yuki's neck, like she did the night before. And just like the previous night, she hugged her friend and lowered her head to the source of her lust.
Crack. It was the sound of Sayori's fangs puncturing Yuki's neck. Once she had her fill, she pulled back from her. Suddenly, an image came to her mind that looked familiar. It was her parents!
"Why would Yuki be thinking about my parents? Is she concerned about them?" Sayori thought. She remembered that Yuki had met her parents a few years ago when they first became friends, but they didn't visit the campus that often. So why was Yuki thinking about them now?
"It's time we should head back to the dorms, Yori" Yuki said while interrupting her friend's thoughts. Both girls got up from their seats and walked under the crescent moonlight and to the dorms.
"Well, it looks we're on the 7th floor. Goodnight, Yori" Yuki quietly said.
"Goodnight, Yuki" Sayori answered back. Sayori entered her dorm and slowly shut the door. As Sayori prepared for bed, her mind was racing with multiple questions.
"Does she think my parents are in danger? Maybe Dead? And what if Rido gets a hold of this information?" she thought. That last thought struck her really hard, as she remembered her masters original orders to spy on her friend. Sudden horror came across her face knowing it wasn't if Rido would get that information, but when. To make things worse, she was frightened on how he would use that information to hurt Yuki, to torture her. Her life was truly in hell. Whimpering, she decided to get some sleep in hopes to surpress the terror in her head.
Across the hall, Yuki had returned to her room. She noticed the bed was empty, signaling that Kaname hadn't returned home yet. She frowned a bit, since she didn't know where he went for the night. Still, she had no reason to worry much; Kaname knows how to care of himself. With that self-reassurance, she fell asleep.
A few hours later, Kaname's limo returned back to the school grounds. He thanked the driver and carried the large case to the Dorms. Once he reached his room, he quietly opened the door so he didn't wake his sister. Placing the case next to the bed, he got rrady for bed.
"I think this weekend should be a good date for Yori to meet Haruka and Juri" he thought to himself. It had been awhile since his sister had seen mother and father. But more importantly, he wanted his parents to be an outlet for Yori to go; an outlet that her biological parents seemed not able to provide under the circumstances. Finally, he personally wanted to have some quality time with the family, not just some business visit like what happened tonight.
Walking to the bed, he gave a sister a short glance. "She looks quite delicate when she sleeps" he thought. Not to wake the sleeping beauty, he slowly crept into bed next to her and quickly fell asleep.
The next evening during the break period, Kaname requested that Sayori meet him and his sister in one of the private meeting rooms.
"Lord Kaname, what may I do for you?" she formally asked. She was curious to why Kaname called her to meet with him and Yuki in private.
"Please, take a seat." he replied. She took a seat on chair next to Yuki and waited for Kaname to continue. "I just came off a call to our parents, whom will be coming down to the academy this weekend. I would love it if you met them." Sayori's eyes grew wide.
"M-Meet your parents?" Sayori stuttered. To be honest, Sayori was a bit intimidated by the prospect of being surrounded by four pureblood vampires. She just got used to Kaname's and Yuki's aura of power.
"Yes, that's right. My gentle loving parents" Kaname replied. Sayori calmed down at statement, as she knew he was right about the simple description of their parents. These two apples were kind to her, so why would the tree be any different?
"Then I gladly wait to meet them in a few days" Sayori replied. The two purebloods smiled at her response.
"Good to hear, Yori. Although I think it's time we had back to class" Yuki said. The two other vampires agreed and the group headed back to class.
"Soon, I will regain the advantage in this game of chess." Kaname thought. He took a quick glance at Sayori, before looking straight ahead once more.
"I will break those bonds of yours, Yori" Kaname thought.
A/N: Here is where I answer some of the readers' questions.
-magicdemi-god223: Yeah, it was one of my favorite Sayori centric fics that involve her becoming a vampire, something I prefer over the canon. As for your question, well you see what I am brewing down the line ^_^
